Ben Selvin<\/a>.\u00a0 Because the recording was made using the Whiteman band’s own arrangement, which had been provided for the occasion, record buyers were none the wiser.<\/p>\nSelvin substituted for the Whiteman band on three other recordings, “Pickin’ Cotton” from the same July 2 recording session as “What D’ya Say?,” as well as “If You Don’t Love Me” and “Sorry For Me” recorded during a July 20 session.<\/p>\n
The “Sorry For Me” recording was not issued. The other two, as with “What D’ya Say?,” were issued coupled with recordings by the actual Paul Whiteman band on the flip side.<\/p>\n
I was not able to learn the exact reason for the substitution.\u00a0 However, the Whiteman band had a fairly heavy out-of-town touring schedule during the summer of 1928, so my guess is they either ran out of time to record them during the three days of Whiteman recording sessions held between June 17-19, or Columbia made a last-minute decision to issue Whiteman recordings of those songs.\u00a0 \u00a0The Whiteman band did not return to the recording studio until September 4.<\/p>\n
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